Hair curler



March 8, 1938. G. UNWIN v HAIR CURLER Filed May 2s, 1955 Patented Mar. 8,' 1938 UNITED STATESv PATENT 'or-FICE Plate Manufacturing Company,

Mich.

Application May 28,

7 Claims.

'I'his invention relates to improvements in hair curlers and it is the general object of the invention to provide a curler which can be easily manipulated and exert a uniform clamping action on the hair. Y

In the curling of hair it is customary to clamp theends of a lock` of hair between curling and clamping elements and then rotate them to wind -up the hair to a position as close to the head 10 as possible, after which a bobble pin or the like is used to hold the curled hair and the curler is removed. It is desirable that the clamping action be uniform throughout the length of the curling element and it is an important object of l5 my present invention to provide a clamp so mounted as to move uniformly toward and from the curling element, preferably by a parallel motion, thereby permitting the invention to be used veither with ne or coarse hair.

It is desirable to 'provide the curling element with a handle or the like by which it may be manipulated and it is a further object of the invention to mount the operating parts for the clamp within the handle.

It is another object of my invention to provide a hair curler which can be manipulated with one hand, this result being accomplished by a sliding head or the like operatively connected to the clamp so that movement of the head relatively to the curling element will effect movement of the clamp. This result may be accomplished by means of an inclined surface operatively interposed between the curling element and clamp and rendered effective by longitudinall movement of the head to space the clamp from the curling element. The head may conveniently be located at the end ofthe crler in an unobstructed posi- Y tion where it may easily be reached.

vWith these and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in thelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described. and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the invention showing the clamp in hair holding position with the operating head extended,

and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3`3 of Fig. 2,-

Detroit,

1935, seran no. 23.815

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section on line 6 6, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the body has projecting therefrom two hair engaging curling elements 6l and 62, respectively, which may be sep-l arat'ed by a slot 63'. 'I'he body is provided with an inclined bore 64 to receive a shank 65 of clamp 66. A second inclined bore 61 receives a light compression spring 68 the left end of which as viewed in Fig. 2 bears against the part`of the head 60 while the outer end bears against an up` turned part 69 of the shank 65. The end of the shank may be bent back as at 10 to extend substantially parallel to the shank and be received by a slot 1l formed in the head. The end 10 and slot 1l serve to guide the clampand hold the samev in proper operating position.

An operating head 'l5 slides over the cylindrical surface 16 of the head 60 and has passing therethrough a 'pin 11 which lies along the inner part of the upturned end 69 so that the latter is located between said pin and the outer hand engaging zone 18 of the head'. 'Ihe clamp may be in the form of a tongue as set forth in Fig. 2

and has a surface to engage a similar surface 8i on the curling element 62, the clamp in the present instance being located within the curling element.

In normal position'the spring 68 is expanded and holds the head in the relaxed or out position shown in Fig. 2, and because of the fact that, the axis of the bore 64 and the shank 65 are inclined with respect to the axis of the body and of the curling element the clamp will be in down position or against the clamping element considered as a whole. When ythe curler is to be used the operator will grasp the hair with the 'fingers against a rounded shoulder 85 and the palm against the zone 18 and give the head an inward movement against the action of the compression spring 68. This eiects a relative in` ward movement of the clamp with respect to the axis of the curling element, spacing the curler and clamp as shown in Fig. 4, after which the ends of the hair to be curled may be introduced vthrough the slot 63 and located under the clamp. 'I'he head 15 may then be released, whereupon the spring will expand to move the head outwardly and the clamp downwardly or against the clamping elementv due to the inclined relation already described relative* to the bore 6l and clamp 65. The curler may be rotated to wind Aup the hair around the curling element and a bobble pin inserted in the slot 68. Thereafter a slight inward motion of the head 6l relative to the 55 pressure is exerted on the by alparallelmotion,

body or handle il will releasethe hair ends and thecurlercanbewithdrawn.

Promtheforegoing itlwillbe seen that I have provided a simple hair curler-wherein the clamp "and curling element move'away fromeach other thereby sriopins of the ends of the hair A the hair engaging parts of the curler. 'I'he relative separation'of the. clamp with respect 'to the curlingunit is effected 'by means of anfinclined surface which is oblique'with respect to the body l or handle, and kclamp moves with. respect to the axis of thej curling element.` A light compression'spring acts to returntheclamp into holding relation withl respect to the curling element, and furthermore there is'a head to be manipulated preferably by the palmof one hand of-the user and effective when pressed toward the curling element to move the clamp away from the said element to deilne a space yor slot for the introduction of hair ends.

Having thus described my invention it will be seen that changes and modifications may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departother element slides against the yielding means to -move the elements away from each otherv when I donot wish to ing from the spirit and A scope of the invention and v be limitedto the details herein disclosed, but what I claim is:

1. In a hair curler,`a curling clement, a clamping element.- means operatively interposed between the elements to hold the clamping element against the curling element, 'and other means presenting a surface inclined with respect to the axis of one of the elements and along which the clamping element. 2. In a hair curler. a holding body, a curling l substantially cylindrical element projecting from "L "7 the body, aclamp located within the curling element, 'means deilning a' sliding connection between the clamp and the body inclined with respect to the axis ofthe element, a plunger head operatively lconnected to the clamp, and yielding means interposed between the body and the clamp and tendingnormally -to hold the latter :against an interior surface of the curling element, said plunger head movableV relatively to the body against the action of the yielding means to move the clamp away from said linterior .surface of the element.

3. In a hair curler. 'a curling element of subrstantially tubular form, a hair clamp located withinand removable longitudinally .with re\ spect to the element,` means deilnlng a sliding connection between the element and the clamp inclined with respect to the axis of the element, a compression spring located between theelement and the clamp tending normally to hold the clamp against an interior surface of the ele- 'n'ient, anda head slidable with respect to the curling elementr and in engagement with the clamping element, the spring normally tending tohold the head away from the curling'element and -said head being movable towardthe curling -element against the action of the spring to cause Atheclamp to move away from said curling elev i f ment, the head when released being returned to normal posticn by the spring.

throughout the length of -ing surfaces, resilient 'tlnahaircurlenacurling stantially tubular'form, a hair clamp within and movable longitudinally withrpectto theelemenhmeansdeiiningaslidingeonnem element andthe clampinclined with respect tothe axisoi the curling element, a yielding connection between the curling element and vthe clamptendingnormallytoholdclamp 'against .an interior surface of the curling el ment, and means to move the'clamp relatively to the curling element in opposition to the force f exerted by said yielding connection and away -from said interiorsurface due to the inclined sliding connection.

5. In a hair curler. a hair curling element havinganelongatedpartarolmdwhichhairmaybe wrapped and having asurface against which hair may be clamped, a clamping-element havim a surfacetoclamphairagainstsaidsuriaceofthc curling element, means deilning a. sliding connection between the. curling .and clamping elements and presenting tively slidable surfaces extending in the dime n 'oi nie length at said part, a spring interposed between the elemelml to resist relative movement osaid elements in one direction, and means stantially parallel to said part of the curling element and other of said surfaces being inclined withV respect to said part, to the end that sliding of the clamping element relatively to the curling element will cause separation of said surfaceson the clamping and curling elements to release hair.

6. In a hair curler, a curling element around which hair maybe wrapped,=a clamping element,

said elements having' mutually engoglnl surfaces between which the -hair is clamped, means defining a sliding connection between the curling lelement and the clamping element and comprising surfaces inclined with .respect to said engaging. surfaces of the curling and clamping eleto slide one elunsnton the other element against the opposition of` said spring, certain of said surfaces being sub elementods'ub ments, resilient means interposed between the' elements and acting to move said elements relatively to each other in a given direction to move the engaging surfaces toward each other, and means carried by one of said elements to slide said'one element on the other element against the' opposition of said resilient meansv opposite to said given direction and cause separation of the. surfacesof said elementsto release hair clamped by said elements.

7. In a hair curler. a curling element around which hair may be wrapped. a clamping element, said elements. having mutually engaging hair clamping surfaces, said elements having other surfaces providing sliding connection between said elements inclined with respect to the clampmeans to move one of the elements relatively to the other yelement iny a direction to cause the clamping surfaces to approach each other, and means to slide one of said elements on the other elemt against the cppo. sition of the resilient means in a, direction cause separation of the clamping surfac by reason of said inclined surfaces.

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